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Metro Bank provides £14m debt facility

Metro Bank has provided Auriga Holdings Ltd, a restaurant franchise business, with a £13.95...

Major knowledge gap around annuities

New research from Primetime Retirement, has revealed that 53% of advisers surveyed say their...

Accord Mortgages introduces revised new build proposition

Accord Mortgages is rolling out a new approach to new-build lending to all brokers. The...

Hampshire Trust completes its largest specialist deal to date

Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) specialist mortgages division has provided a £15m loan to a...

Landlords expect portfolio values to soften as optimism remains subdued

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends research has found that the average market value of landlords’...

Kuflink completes bridge in four days

Kuflink has completed a £171,500 loan for a new borrower in four days, following...

Gatehouse Bank launches apprenticeship scheme

Gatehouse Bank has launched its first apprenticeship scheme. Six A level students are taking the...

Your Expert Group launches Academy in anticipation of Scottish lending boom

The Scottish specialist lending market is set to double in size next year due...

New team members for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed two new staff members to its buy-to-let and residential teams. The...

Buyers need an average income of £53,000 to afford a home

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index has reported that the minimum income...

LV= unveils Parent and Child cover amid introduction of new IP features

LV= has introduced of a range of new features to its Income Protection (IP)...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division on course to double in a year

Just Mortgages' self-employed division has increased by 73% since December 2017. It expects the division...

TMW cuts selected fixed and tracker rates

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates for selected two-year fixed and tracker mortgages by...

Mortgage Brain makes three new sales appointments

Mortgage Brain has expanded its sales team with three new appointments. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov...
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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

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